The water looked to be about three feet deep.
The night was close upon him, and the water looked too damned cold for swimming across in the dark.
To the inexperienced eye, all water looks pretty much the same.
The water looked very cold and hard, like polished iron.
Suddenly the cool flat water looked a lot less inviting.
In the morning light, the water looked clear and inviting.
The water in the washbasin looked to be at least half blood.
And the water looks as if it was really wet.
Even the water in many of the harbors is looking better.
The water had looked pretty dirty, so they'd changed it themselves.